Re: archery

[Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

Wright,

I've got to say that all of the different games that I've played in where 
there have been range increments for weapons (Silent Death, Shadow Run, 
BattleTech to name a few) do not have easy playability.  What slows down 
combat in any system that I've GMed is referencing and shuffling through 
a bunch of papers.  Now, granted, the above examples have different 
weapons with different ranges and damages but, from my understanding, 
there are 3 types of bow and 2-3 types of crossbows.  Even then, there 
are spears, slings (not that I've ever seen one used in AQ), etc. plus 
all of the melee weapons that can be thrown (but I can see these getting 
no significant range deviations for s/m/l).

I'm not saying that the range increments are bad; just that it will slow 
the game down a degree.  The "bad guys" in my adventure this last week 
all had a range weapon and I can't say as I'd look forward to fairly 
modifying each of their mods based on range.  This would mean that I 
would have to tweek my gming style a bit - which would not be a huge 
deal.  I am willing to be one of the gms play testing it for you in a 
few weeks.

BJ